Legal and Compliance Executive Search Blog

Momentum is proud to announce that one of our principals and founders, Jane Pollard, was recently voted onto the board of directors for The National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC). NALSC is a professional organization comprised of legal search consultants across the United States and Canada whose members agree to abide by the NALSC Code of Ethics®. NALSC also provides an educational forum for members and for the legal and business community, and allows NALSC members to learn and socialize together at its two conferences each year.

As this article in Above the Law indicates, privacy law is a growing field. We are already seeing an increase in demand for lawyers with any sort of data privacy and/or cybersecurity experience, and we expect this trend to continue in the foreseeable future. Just in Austin alone, we have two openings for attorneys with 1-7 years of data privacy or cybersecurity expertise. Depending on the attorneys' backgrounds, the firm might be willing to train and let them learn this area of the law on-the-job. Please send your resume to info@momentumlegal.com and reference "Data Privacy Openings" for more details. These opportunities are with a boutique firm with a long and successful track record and where partnership is a realistic and viable goal.

As legal and compliance recruiters in Texas, we continue to work with corporations who are improving their legal operations and getting more out of every dollar of legal spend. General Counsels remain focused on optimizing performance and creating new efficiencies in order to positively contribute to the bottom-line. Creating a well-run legal machine with enhanced productivity and improved efficiencies requires lawyers to combine their legal knowledge with business judgement. Enter stage right – Legal Operations Specialists – now indispensable members of the corporate legal team. Legal Operations Specialists arrive at their specialty through myriad paths, from legal work as an attorney or paralegal, an I.T. background, accounting, or other internal operations.

In keeping with the season, we would like to thank our many clients and candidates for allowing us to thrive and grow in 2017. With eight recruiters and a presence in three Texas cities, Momentum remains committed to being a valuable resource to both legal employers and those seeking new employment in the legal industry. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU and Happy Thanksgiving! Our goal is to continue earning your trust and your business for many years to come.

As Legal Recruiters with offices in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, we have always focused almost exclusively on Texas placements. As such, we are constantly recruiting top legal talent to the state and educating potential Texas attorneys, compliance professionals, and paralegals about the state. We thus found the following article in today’s Washington Post of particular interest: The Washington Post's "Five myths about Texas". We couldn’t agree more that four of these five statements are, indeed, myths. There is one, however, that we are not so sure about...

Momentum was a proud sponsor of the educational seminar and legal expo held this week at the Stephen F. Austin hotel by the Austin Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators. Firm Administrators heard speakers on topics such as cybersecurity and privacy and compliance issues related to cybersecurity. This was the 19th annual conference held in Austin by the ALA, and presented a great opportunity for legal administrators to share ideas, network, and learn. The theme this year was Once Upon a Time, so of course Momentum recruiters went all out with the fairy-tale theme, complete with wings, wands, and fairy-tale dust.

A huge new crop of students will be entering their first year of law school at schools across Texas in a couple of weeks. While job opportunities and career paths accessible to Texas lawyers are boundless, learning as much as you can early on about the diverse career paths will make a significant difference in your future. You need to dedicate the time, attention and commitment it deserves to educate yourself about the different areas of the law so that you may equip yourself with the knowledge necessary to make an informed choice as to your area of pursuit. Take advantage of mentoring programs offered at your law school, talk to your professors, especially the adjuncts, who have practical experience in the “real world,” and talk to as many recent law graduates and practicing attorneys as you can to learn about the career paths they have chosen, and why.

Momentum is excited to announce that long-time legal recruiter Julee Prentice is joining our Houston team as Managing Director, Legal Staffing. Julee will be focusing on legal staffing for law firms and companies in Houston, both on the business development and recruiting sides. With eighteen years of prior experience as a paralegal with some of Houston’s top law firms, plus seven years of prior legal recruiting experience, Julee brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our legal staffing business in Houston and will be heading up our efforts there.